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1923374549New York: Macaulay Company 1923. First edition in English. vi 4 9-308 pp. 8vo. Original olive green cloth front and spine panels stamped in black edges stained green. Fine copy in near fine printed dust jacket printed on green paper stock with some tanning to spine panel and along flap folds. Uncommon. First edition in English. vi 4 9-308 pp. 8vo. Anonymous translation of French author Maurice Renard's first novel Le docteur Lerne 1908. Renard is generally viewed in France as the most important science fiction writer in the first decades of the twentieth century; his work shows the influence of J-H Rosny aîné. <br /> <br /> "The novel follows a sinister Scientist's experiments in grafting produce for example Rats with leaves and the transplantation of a man's brain into a bull's body and vice versa see Identity Exchange resulting in a smart cow and a Minotaur. Ultimately the German villain - who has already occupied the scientist's brain see also Identity Transfer - transplants himself into the body of a car but the machinery thus rendered mortal putrefies" SFE<br /> <br /> Superior copy. Reginald 12141; Clareson Science Fiction in America 1870s-1930s 646 Macaulay Company unknown
1406897930.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1923159253New York: The Macaulay Company 1923. Original American Edition. Hardcover. NF contents; VG covers; Good DJ with some fading to spine a bump to upper outer front corner and small tears to head/tail of spine. Moss green cloth/boards; black lettering. Moss green dj with black lettering including an excerpt from the dedication to H.G. Wells. All edges painted green. 308 pages with no illustrations. A scarce copy of the American English edition of Renard's early sci-fi novel originally published in France as Le Docteur Lerne. "The publication of Renard’s first sf novel in 1908 Le Docteur Lerne Doctor Lerne gained him rave reviews and launched him into the limelight of Parisian literary circles. Although strongly derivative of Wells’ The Island of Dr Moreau 1896—an influence openly acknowledged by Renard in his dedication—Le Docteur Lerne extrapolates the notion of biological engineering much further than Wells all the way into the fantastic. After years of experimentation in grafting animal parts to plants and vice-versa producing at times some quite amazing results Dr. Lerne begins interchanging brains between animals between humans and even between animals and humans. As a result of these experiments he ultimately learns how to project his own mind and spirit into other animate and not-so-animate objects like people trees and even an automobile. The narrative itself is recounted in the first person by Dr. Lerne’s visiting nephew Nicolas: he gradually in detective-like fashion uncovers the truth of his uncle’s experiments and his reactions to them range from morbid curiosity to outright horror. Part of the originality of the tale however is not in the sometimes outlandish plot sequences but in the manner in which they are told. The originality of this novel is two-fold: in its sf eroticism and in how it portrays the mind-body split through narrative point of view. One example: Nicolas is forced to have his brain exchanged with that of a bull. Following the surgery the young man must now struggle to acclimate himself to the alien: not only to his new bovine body and instincts but also to seeing his old self as the "other"—especially when the latter makes overtly sexual advances toward "his" mistress. Another example: later in the text after receiving his own brain back again the narrator is in the throes of a steamy sexual interlude with his aforementioned mistress when he suddenly feels the presence of another person’s identity intruding into his mind and taking over his body: it is Dr. Lerne who gazing through a peephole nearby decides to become a more-than-first-hand observer to the proceedings. Such risqué subject matter and offbeat points of view in Le Docteur Lerne—continually oscillating as it does between the vicarious and voyeuristic—make it a quite original sf text and one that foreshadows other erotic science-fiction works by writers like Philip José Farmer Robert Silverberg and Kate Wilhelm published over a half century later. Of course if one were to judge Renard’s Le Docteur Lerne from its only-available English translation New Bodies for Old one would never have the opportunity to read such passages. They are not there. In fact this translation seems to aptly exemplify the marketplace strategy known as "bait-and-switch." On its intentionally provocative dust jacket after the title "Maurice Renard’s Startling Novel New Bodies for Old or The Strange Experiments of Dr. Lerne" the publisher chooses to quote the most enticingly suggestive portions of the author’s dedication to Wells: "When Fortune.allowed me to discover the subject of this allegorical novel I felt bound not to set it aside because of a few audacities which a faithful rendering involved. Far from desiring to arouse.instinct in my reader and amuse him with scandalous descriptions my work is addressed to the philosopher." But when one then reads the actual narrative one discovers that all such "audacities" and "scandalous descriptions"—i.e. all passages of sexuality like those I have discussed—have been thoroughly and meticulously excised. Despite its cover’s subtle promises of titillation the content of Renard’s book has been truncated so as not to offend its anglophone audience’s supposed sense of moral propriety." - by Arthur B. Evans. The Macaulay Company hardcover
19233717New York: The Macaulay Co. 1923. First U.S. edition. Some offsetting to end papers previous owner bookplate to front paste-down near fine in near fine dust jacket with the spine slightly age darkened. 3717. Octavo Hardcover. This is the first edition in English translated from the French. Renard was the author of many science fiction books which have not been translated. "According to Versins author of Encyclopedie de L'Utopie et de la Science Fiction the most significant French writer in the science fiction genre between the Victorians and the moderns" from: Bleiler-Science Fiction The Early Years #1855. Biological science fiction. The Macaulay Co. unknown
1923030699New York: Macaulay 1923. First American Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. 308 Pp. Green Cloth Gilt All Edges Of Page Block Colored Green As Issued. First American Edition And First English Language Edition Of The French Mystery/Science Fiction Author's Early Book. Near Fine With Slight Foxing To Front End Papers Small Old Bookseller's Stamp At Lower Corner Of Front Pastedown With Bookplate Of Writer Larry Mcmurtry Small Owner's Signature Dated October 1925 On Free Front Endpaper. In The Scarce Vg Dust Jacket Which Is Worn Slightly Faded 3/4" Long By Up To 1/4" Deep V-Chip At Top Of Spine Removing Letter "N" At Start Of Title Minute Losses At Corners 2" Long And Up To 3/8" Deep Light Damp Spot At Lower Right Of Front Panel With No Other Dampspotting On Covers Or Book. <br/> <br/> Macaulay hardcover
192315302New York: Macaulay 1923. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition and first edition in English of his 1908 novel Le Docteur Lerne Sous-Dieu translation unattributed. Very slight scuff to the foredge else fine in fine dustwrapper. A superb almost as new copy of the classic science-fiction tale about a mad scientist and his inhuman experiments. The first novel by the author of The Hands of Orlac. In Bleiler. Macaulay hardcover
192324095New York:: The Macaulay Company 1923. First edition in English. publisher's green cloth in dust jacket. Tiny old ink ownership inscription; otherwise fine in an unchipped jacket with a slightly sunned spine. . 8vo. The Macaulay Company, hardcover
192325067New York:: The Macaulay Company 1923. First edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Pencilled initials and date at rear; else very good or better in a nice unchipped jacket with some light fading and a few minor waterspots to spine. . 8vo. The Macaulay Company, hardcover
192395435New York: Macaulay 1923. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition and first edition in English of his 1908 novel Le Docteur Lerne Sous-Dieu translation unattributed. A small owner's name stamped twice else fine in very near fine dustwrapper. Classic science-fiction tale about a mad scientist and his inhuman experiments. The first novel by the author of The Hands of Orlac. Bleiler p. 223. Macaulay hardcover
192331529New York: Macaulay Company 1923. First Edition edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 19.5 Cm. No Jacket--believed as Issued Hardcover fair condition w. smwht rubbed brds--spots and soil sme marks. Ltly slanted smwht compressed sp--sm tear at top. Smwht bumped corners. Ltly sunned smwht soiled p. edges. Smwht tanned eps pp. A few sm tears Ins Boards . ISBN: B00085HDRK. Catalogs: Literature and Fiction. Macaulay Company hardcover
116333ABMünchen: Drei Masken Verlag; 1922. 19 cm. 299 S. Ill. Ohln. Einband berieben und etw. nachgedunkelt. Papierränder etw. gebräunt. Aus der Bibliothek der Autorin und Übersetzerin Verena Harksen mit Namenszug im Einband. = Sindbad Bücher. Übertragen von Norbert Jacques. - Mit Zeichnungen von Paul Neresheimer. 1922 unknown
102021323X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
19296209New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc 1929. First edition in English. 8vo 337pp. MGM vault copy with stamps and labels to front endpaper and spine of jacket. Publisher's purple cloth lettered in orange in illustrated jacket. Pushing at spine ends else nicely preserved in original jacket heavily chipped and partially split along folds and lacking the front inner flap which is provided in facsimile under the Mylar protector. <br /> <br /> Wonderful association copy of this horror/mystery novel originally published in French Les mains d'Orlac in 1920 and here translated into English by Florence Crewe-Jones. In 1935 MGM released the film Mad Love based on the Crewe-Jones translation the original drafts of the screenplay written by director Karl Freund and Guy Endore author of The Werewolf of Paris. Though not a box office hit the film is considered today by critics to be one of the more influential horror movies of the 1930's.<br /> <br /> <br /> The book itself is scarce in jacket and this copy is quite interesting for its association with MGM studios. <br /> <br /> Barron Fantasy and Horror 4-125. Hubin pg 342. Locke Spectrum of Fantasy pg. 182. . E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc unknown
192931147New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc. 1929. First edition in English. Small inked bookstore stamp to lower front paste down spine a bit leaned corners and spine ends soft with edges a bit rubbed a very good copy. 31147. Octavo pp. 1-8 1-2 3-337 338-344: blank note: last three leaves are blanks original purple cloth front and spine panels stamped in orange fore and bottom edges rough trimmed. Renard "generally regarded in France as the most important native SF writer for the period 1900-1930 best known in English for his SF novel LES MAINS D'ORLAC 1920 . The story deals in Gothic terms with the ominous consequences of a hand transplant." - Clute and Nicholls eds The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 1993 p. 1003. "Classic macabre murder mystery ." - Barron ed Fantasy and Horror 1999 4-125. The basis of several films including "Mad Love" 1935 featuring Peter Lorre and Colin Clive. Reference: Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1856. Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 182. Bleiler 1948 p. 233. Reginald 12140. Hubin 1994 p. 674. E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. unknown
1981355490721054London: Souvenir Press 1981. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's black boards with silver spine lettering. Slight softening to tips of spine affecting book rather than jacket else a fine copy in a fine D/W. NO INSCRIPTIONS. N.B: the first ever English translation translated from the French by Iain White and the basis for at least four horror film adaptation the most famous being the classic German silent movie from 1924 directed by Robert Wiene and starring Conrad Veidt and the 1935 adaptation starring Peter Lorre and Frances Drake released under the title "Mad Love" directed by Karl Freund for MGM. Originally published in France in 1920. Uncommon in this First UK Edition in such attractive collector's condition. Photographs/scans available upon request. Souvenir Press hardcover
21984London: Nightowl Books / Souvenir Press. 1981. First UK edition first printing. First UK edition first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with silver titles to the spine in the Oliver Frey illustrated dustwrapper. A better than very good copy the binding square and firm with just a little softening at the spine tips. The contents a little dusty to the closed text block edge are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Complete with the original dustwrapper that is faintly spotted to the flaps otherwise bright and without fading loss or tears. Not price-clipped £6.95 to the front flap. A seminal work of horror and crime that served as the basis for several film adaptations most notably the 1935 MGM picture "Mad Love" directed by Karl Freund and starring Peter Lorre. Hubin Bleiler Locke: Spectrum of Fantasy Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: Nightowl Books / Souvenir Press. 1981 hardcover
1981539216London: Souvenir Press 1981. First UK edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Shelf wear to the jacket and page block otherwise as unread. LW. First Edition UK. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used. Souvenir Press Hardcover
4630<p>The Hands of Orlac Renard Maurice Published by Souvenir Press London 1981. First UK edition. Translated From the French by Iain White. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 301pp. Black boards with silver titles. Volume is in fine unread condition; housed in a fine unclipped jacket with the lightest of shelf wear.</p><p>First published in 1920 in French as "Les Mains d'Orlac." The First English translation was published by E.P. Dutton New York 1929. The Hands of Orlac was the basis for 4 films including the 1935 Hollywood version with Peter Lorre entitled "Mad Love".</p><p>The story centres round a world-famous concert pianist Stephen Orlac whose hands are horribly mutilated in a train accident. An eminent surgeon grafts on a new pair of hands but with ghastly results for Orlac now finds himself possessed not of musical skills but by strange and terrible impulses. The hands that he has been given were those of a man guillotined for murder and the spirit of the dead man has survived in his hands to live again in the unfortunate pianist.</p> hardcover
15461Undated c.1928-30. In French with separate translation on card folio in fine condition. Maurice Renard 1875-1939 French author. This presentation statement was prepared for publication in the famous anthology Pax Mundi. Livre D'or De La Paix Geneva 1932 which contained numerous autograph facsimile statements about the prospects for World Peace. It was prepared by the World League for Peace with the approval of the League of Nations. There is no issue that can predominate in peoples consciences over the problem of peace. It is the duty of each individual to personally cooperate with all his might in the work of the League of Nations in which humanitys greatest wisdom is now concentrated. unknown
2021BN221442DUNOD 2021. 2021. Softcover. Éléments de géologie - 17e édition du "Pomerol": 17e édition du "Pomerol" <br/><br/>Éléments de géologie - 17e édition du "Pomerol": 17e édition du "Pomerol" Renard Maurice; Lagabrielle Yves; Martin Erwan; Rafélis Marc de; Collectif DUNOD paperback
20025759389Edward Elgar 2002. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen markings. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item750grams ISBN:1840645814 Edward Elgar hardcover
184750857Bruxelles: J. J. Stienon 1847. Half leather hardcover with 5 raised bands gilt. xlvi596 pp.; 2 plates and large folding map 'Europe Centrale' in rear.; 24.5x16.5 cm. Text in French / Français. - name and few notes on half title page corners bit bumped slightly browned Although very good see picture J. J. Stienon hardcover
184750858Bruxelles: J. J. Stienon 1847. Half leather hardcover gilt. xlvi5962 pp.; 2 plates and large folding map 'Europe Centrale' in rear.; 24.5x16.5 cm. Tipped-in in front of title page hand-written letter dated 1846 and signed 'B. Renard' Text in French / Français. - slightly browned Although very good see picture J. J. Stienon hardcover
2024568281Peeters Publishers 2024. paperback. New. 0x0x0. Peeters Publishers paperback
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